Cosmic Xing

Author : Kor Gable
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1425159028
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosmic Xing written by Kor Gable and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-05 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This may be one of the strangest books youll ever read. A veritable smorgasbord of food for the soul, it covers a mind-boggling array of topics as its author artfully blends science, art, history, culture, philosophy, technology, geology, archaeology, psychology, theology, mysticism and quantum physics to elegantly paint a larger picture of who we are, where we came from, and where we are going. The book opens with a collection of short stories (mysteries) that are sure to make you go Hmmm and progressively moves into the central theme shamanism and why it may be our last hope to save ourselves and this planet. Kor Gable re-veals some of shamanisms best kept secrets unknown and mysterious quantum principles that explain miracles and magic. It climaxes with Kor sharing his own shamanic initiation and the revelation of a greater Vision of what this New Millennium is about if we can pass the final test and survive our own folly. That is the Cosmic Xing! Despite the seriousness of the subject, the book is easy reading thanks to Kor Gables simple and entertaining style. It is full of light and love. Once you start read-ing it, you wont want to stop.

Author : Erica Fox Brindley
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824860675
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Individualism in Early China written by Erica Fox Brindley and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional wisdom has it that the concept of individualism was absent in early China. In this uncommon study of the self and human agency in ancient China, Erica Fox Brindley provides an important corrective to this view and persuasively argues that an idea of individualism can be applied to the study of early Chinese thought and politics with intriguing results. She introduces the development of ideological and religious beliefs that link universal, cosmic authority to the individual in ways that may be referred to as individualistic and illustrates how these evolved alongside and potentially helped contribute to larger sociopolitical changes of the time, such as the centralization of political authority and the growth in the social mobility of the educated elite class. Starting with the writings of the early Mohists (fourth century BCE), Brindley analyzes many of the major works through the early second century BCE by Laozi, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, and Han Feizi, as well as anonymous authors of both received and excavated texts. Changing notions of human agency affected prevailing attitudes toward the self as individual—in particular, the onset of ideals that stressed the power and authority of the individual, either as a conformist agent in relation to a larger whole or as an individualistic agent endowed with inalienable cosmic powers and authorities. She goes on to show how distinctly internal (individualistic), external (institutionalized), or mixed (syncretic) approaches to self-cultivation and state control emerged in response to such ideals. In her exploration of the nature of early Chinese individualism and the various theories for and against it, she reveals the ways in which authors innovatively adapted new theories on individual power to the needs of the burgeoning imperial state. With clarity and force, Individualism in Early China illuminates the importance of the individual in Chinese culture. By focusing on what is unique about early Chinese thinking on this topic, it gives readers a means of understanding particular "Chinese" discussions of and respect for the self.

Author : Janghee Lee
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791461976
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Xunzi And Early Chinese Naturalism written by Janghee Lee and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores Xunzi's thought in relation to the early Chinese philosophical context that relied on the natural world.

Author : Zhibin Xie
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1506486800
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moral Triumph written by Zhibin Xie and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Christianity in China by building a constructive theology for the distinctive realities of Chinese culture, society, and politics. It proposes Christian public responsibility to identify the moral problems in Chinese public life and proposes a public face of Christianity in China theologically and ethically.

Author : Tara Alberts
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226825124
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Osiris, Volume 37 written by Tara Alberts and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the importance of translation for the global exchange of medical theories, practices, and materials in the premodern period. This volume of Osiris turns the analytical lens of translation onto medical knowledge and practices across the premodern world. Understandings of the human body, and of diseases and their cures, were influenced by a range of religious, cultural, environmental, and intellectual factors. As a result, complex systems of translation emerged as people crossed linguistic and territorial boundaries to share not only theories and concepts, but also materials, such as drugs, amulets, and surgical tools. The studies here reveal how instances of translation helped to shape and, in some cases, reimagine these ideas and objects to fit within local frameworks of medical belief. Translating Medicine across Premodern Worlds features case studies located in geographically and temporally diverse contexts, including ninth-century Baghdad, sixteenth-century Seville, seventeenth-century Cartagena, and nineteenth-century Bengal. Throughout, the contributors explore common themes and divergent experiences associated with a variety of historical endeavors to “translate” knowledge about health and the body across languages, practices, and media. By deconstructing traditional narratives and de-emphasizing well-worn dichotomies, this volume ultimately offers a fresh and innovative approach to histories of knowledge.

Author : Livia Kohn
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1931483132
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Readings in Daoist Mysticism written by Livia Kohn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Benoît Vermander
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040010083
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Textual Patterns and Cosmic Designs in Early China written by Benoît Vermander and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Via a hermeneutics focused on Chinese numerology and concentric arrangements, this book offers a novel construal of the textual universe proper to early China writings. The author lays bare distinguishable patterns of textual composition while relating them to corresponding patterns of thinking. He differentiates rhetorical variants through detailed studies of the Zhuangzi’s Inner chapters, the Laozi, the Analects, and the Huainanzi. The philosophical depth and relevance of the Chinese ancient worldview appear in a fresh light when one unearths the patterns into which its content is embedded. The focus on textual patterns and rhetorical arrangements also facilitates the reading of Chinese classics alongside other traditions. The book will be a valuable reference for scholars and graduate students studying Chinese literary criticism, Chinese philosophy, and comparative philosophy.

Author : Yijie Tang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662455331
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity and Chinese Culture written by Yijie Tang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects the 25 most important articles written by Professor Tang since the 1980s, dealing extensively with issues of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity and Chinese culture. In these articles, Professor Tang proves his value as a worthy successor to the Chinese philosophical tradition, while also open to the latest trends of thought both at home and abroad. The late Professor Tang Yijie (1927-2014) was a prominent professor at Peking University and China’s top scholar on philosophy and Chinese studies. He spearheaded the Confucian Canon project (**), which seeks to compile all known classical works on Confucianism, comparable in scope and significance to the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries (****), the largest collection of books on Chinese history, which was commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor in the 18th century. Throughout his life, Professor Tang published scores of books and more than one hundred articles, offering enlightening insights into how to deal with issues that have historically troubled and continue to trouble people in modern society. Among his numerous innovations, Professor Tang is especially remembered for introducing the concept of “harmony in diversity”(****). In the context of “the clash of civilizations” championed by Samuel P. Huntington, Tang argued for harmony in diversity, holding that this principle can offer some clues to help enable peoples, nations, and regions with different cultural traditions to develop together while remaining unique. note: * represents Chinese character, please refer to BCC file.

Author : Cecile Chu-chin Sun
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226780228
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetry written by Cecile Chu-chin Sun and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than half a century, Chinese-Western comparative literature has been recognized as a formal academic discipline, but critics and scholars in the field have done little to develop a viable, common basis for comparison between these disparate literatures. In this pioneering book, Cecile Chu-chin Sun establishes repetition as the ideal perspective from which to compare the poetry and poetics from these two traditions. Sun contends that repetition is at the heart of all that defines the lyric as a unique art form and, by closely examining its use in Chinese and Western poetry, she demonstrates howone can identify important points of convergence and divergence. Through a representative sampling of poems from both traditions, she illustrates how the irreducible generic nature of the lyric transcends linguistic and cultural barriers but also reveals the fundamental distinctions between the traditions. Most crucially, she dissects the two radically different conceptualizations of reality—mimesis and xing—that serve as underlying principles for the poetic practices of each tradition. Skillfully integrating theory and practice, The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetryprovides a much-needed model for future study of Chinese and English poetry as well as lucid, succinct interpretations of individual poems.

Author : T. Cattoi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023033976X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perceiving the Divine through the Human Body written by T. Cattoi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cattoi and McDaniel present a selection of articles on the role of the body and the spiritual senses - our transfigured channels of sensory perceptions - in the context of spiritual practice. The volume investigates this theme across a variety of different religious traditions within Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism.